Homeschool drama group strives for historical accuracy in 'Pride and Prejudice'

4:10 PM,
Mar. 13, 2013

Nathan Hodge is Mr. Darcy and Hannah Smith is Elizabeth Bennet in Christus Homines Drama Troupe's production of 'Pride and Prejudice,' being presented this weekend at the Long Center for the Performing Arts.

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When most theater groups take a classic to the stage, they set out to make it fresh, showing the audience something it's never seen before.

But when the Christus Homines Drama Troupe, a homeschool theater group, performs the 200-year-old Jane Austen classic "Pride and Prejudice," they want to keep it as old as possible. With historically accurate details - from the costumes to the card games - they hope to transport the audience back to the 1800s.